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Cabbages and kings

October 15, 2026 · 53 min

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This week, David E Cooper on a mammoth history of the garden; and Larry Wolff takes in Macbeth at the Met.


'The Garden: Our 4,000-year quest for paradise', by Jonathan Bate

'Macbeth', by Giuseppe Verdi, Metropolitan Opera, New York, until October 20


Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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